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SCREEN PRINTING
M&R Cos.
Roselle, Illinois
mrprint.com

Digital Squeegee
"The three standards we adhere to at M&R
are innovative design, quality products and
unmatched customer service, so innovation
is at the heart of all we do," Rich Hoffman, the company's president and CEO,
says of values he and his team set years ago.
"M&R started out maintaining and repairing
equipment made by screen-printing manufacturers. So, to us, innovation was finding

ways to repair equipment faster and better,
and to perform maintenance more quickly
and completely."
So when the company moved into manufacturing, technological innovation became
key. "But we don't believe in innovation for
innovation's sake," Hoffman says. "Bells and
whistles may help sell equipment, but if they
have no practical value - and worse yet, if
they end up creating a weak point - the
customer has just paid more for less."
The research-and-development team continuously searches for ways to help customers
work more quickly, productively and profitably.
"The secret to being an innovative company
is to see the world through your customers'
eyes," Hoffman says. "It's all too easy to sit in
front of a CAD program and design things
you think customers should want instead of
what they do want - and what they need."
While other hybrid systems - with
features including screen-printing and direct-to-garment capabilities - may actually
reduce screen-printing productivity, M&R's
Digital Squeegee system was developed to
print at non-prohibitive speeds, according
to Geoff Baxter, director of M&R's digital
products division.
"The Digital Squeegee uses an array
of print heads with more than 22,000

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nozzles firing in a single pass at the full width
of the print," he says. "There is no X-axis
scan, just a single out-and-back [motion]
for the print head in less than five seconds.
It literally can print at the same speed as
conventional screen-printing presses. Also,
there is no pretreatment of garments required."

Ryonet Corp.

Vancouver, Washington
screenprinting.com
Riley 500 Manual Screen-Printing Press
Just more than a decade ago, Ryonet Corp.
was launched because a punk band needed more tour money. Fast-forward to
today, led by president and CEO Ryan
Moor, the company has grown through
constant innovation.
"From the sale of our very first press, we've
worked to bridge the gap between learning
and doing, believing that hard work and
passion can take you anywhere if you have
the right tools," Moor says. "The well-being
and success of every screen printer is central
to what we do.
"Being the best at being better is one of
our core values," he adds. "And changing the
status quo is one of our guiding principles.
Being innovative is ingrained in our culture.
It is part of our DNA and what defines us.
We will always seek to improve on products and processes, and with that, help our
customers succeed."
Moor says the company's Riley 500 represents the next evolution in heavy-duty,
manual screen-printing presses. It features a
CNC-constructed base with a larger, 3-inch
diameter post for added strength. And the
print-station assembly is 25% lighter than
earlier versions.
It is designed to work with the same
lightweight, honeycomb aluminum platens
that are used with ROQ automatic screenprinting presses. Registration also has been
made simpler for quicker setup, with left
and right anti-flip/anti-backlash ROQ XYZ
micro-registration knobs.
"These presses have a bearing-style vs. a
nylon bolt for easier locking into the registration gate," Moor says. "The unique, two-point
screen-locking system ensures continuous
registration through a long print run and
features a new grip clap surface. Print heads
now have a back center knob for tool-free,
off-contact adjustment and a front center
knob for adjusting tilt, and there are right
and left lever final-tilt locks."

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